Understanding Case Studies

Case Study

This video (1:15 minutes) will describe the characteristics of case study:

 

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This video (3:40 minutes) will look at a case study and discuss its format:

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Case studies are considered a very low level of evidence because they are only based on one or a few patients, and are not based on a rigorous methodology. 

 

Look at each of the following case studies and identify the characteristics that make them case studies. 

End-of-life care in a COPD patient awaiting lung transplantation: a case report Links to an external site.

Methadone Overdose, Auto-Activation Deficit, and Catatonia: A Case Study Links to an external site.

Triple X syndrome in a patient with partial lipodystrophy discovered using a high-density oligonucleotide microarray: a case report Links to an external site.

 

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